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प्रश्न
The poet is aware of two choices. What are they? What choice does he make ultimately?
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उत्तर
The two choices are – either to stop and enjoy nature standing between the woods and frozen in the darkest evening of a winter season or get back to work. Though the poet is attracted by the beauty, he understands his responsibilities and so continues his journey.
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Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem.
| Poetic lines | Poetic Devices/Figures of Speech |
| It takes much time to kill a tree. | |
| The bleeding bark will heal. | |
| Out of the anchoring earth |
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With a tail that’s miles long,
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But I know no better spectacle
Than a comet in full flight.
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A circle at the fireside that no power but death can break.
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That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;
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